According to a recently completed study by UM Bureau of Business and Economic Research, the construction, operation and success of the Trailhead Commerce Park in Lockwood, Montana, will result in “significant gains for the Billings and state economies.”

Graduate students at UM School of Journalism will benefit from the guidance of distinguished mentors when they tackle stories about climate, communities and conservation in the Crown of the Continent this spring.

UM has been selected as Montana’s host site for “First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare,” a national traveling exhibition of one of the world’s most treasured books – the Shakespeare First Folio.

The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at UM, in conjunction with UM’s East Asian Studies, will host a showing of the documentary “The Land of Many Palaces” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at Missoula’s Roxy Theater.

UM Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities will offer a film series to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a law that has advanced the quality of life for people with disabilities.

Nationally renowned expert and speaker on gifted education Jim Delisle will visit Missoula on Tuesday, Feb. 24, to provide two public lectures on gifted children, their education and how best to meet the needs of this unique population.

H. Rafael Chacón, professor of art history and criticism at UM’s School of Art, will present a talk for the Montana Museum of Art & Culture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, in the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center’s Masquer Theatre.

UM College of Forestry and Conservation student Stephen Jenkins from Bigfork and recent forestry graduate Jena Trejo from Marcola, Oregon, were first runners-up in the Barrett Foundation Business Concept Challenge.

Leading experts, government officials, business leaders and civic officials from Montana, the United States and Asia will meet at UM on Wednesday and Thursday, April 29-30, to discuss complex issues surrounding the future of energy and how it shapes our global economy, environment and society.

Montana’s high-tech industry will grow 8-10 times the projected statewide growth rate, with average wages at about $50,000 – twice the median earnings per Montana worker, according to a recent study by the UM Bureau of Business and Economic Research.

Author and Missoula native Liz Carlisle will present a reading and discussion of her book “The Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America” along with farmer David Oien at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, in the UM North Underground Lecture Hall.

Christopher Comer, dean of UM’s College of Humanities and Sciences and professor of biology and neuroscience, will present a talk for the Montana Museum of Art & Culture on how the human brain interprets visual art.

Has your child ever dreamed of exploring outer space or building a LEGO robot? Are they curious what it’s like to be a veterinarian, a computer programmer or a pirate? This summer, spectrUM Discovery Area has camps for all of Missoula’s budding scientists, entrepreneurs and visionaries.

At last count, Montana boasted 175 centenarians. Four of those remarkable people and their stories will be featured in the upcoming episode of “Montana Journal: 100 & Counting” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12; 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 15; and 1 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, on MontanaPBS.

Montana has witnessed something of an economic miracle in the eastern third of the state because of the boom in the Bakken, with rural areas surpassing growth in urban areas during the past five years, according to a UM economist.

A screening and discussion of the film “Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America’s Achievement Culture” will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in the University Center Theater on the University of Montana campus.

The Montana Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at the University of Montana recently was awarded the prestigious Frank J. Ruck Leadership Excellence Award at the Carlson Leadership Academy, held Jan. 30-Feb. 1 in Orange County, California.

University of Montana is one step closer to turning a discovery into a drug.
Promentis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced it will enter an exclusive agreement with UM to commercialize a discovery made by a team of UM faculty scientists that has the potential to treat brain cancer and possibly other disorders of the central nervous system.